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For those who live their nightmares, so that others may have their dreams.
this city is a beast that feeds on misery, and pain, and death,
“Even filthy and tired, you’re still beautiful.”
“For better or worse, she just saved your life, wretch.
“Ignorance is no excuse for disrespect,”
“Stay in that bed, Little Osha.”
“For the record, I’d never use an injury as an excuse to sneak my way into a bed,”
I detected your scent from three miles away, plastered all over that boy. Pheromones are signal flares to our noses, Little Osha.
“Did you miss me?”
“Most females like spending time in my bed.”
“Why? I’ve seen the way your skin breaks out in goose bumps when I speak to you like this.”
“Do you want me to feed you?”
“If I were evil and using your oath for my own purposes, I’d order you onto your knees for me,”
“I see you’ve perfected the art of being disarmed.”
“You’re not ready for me, human. I don’t come with a training mode.”
“Power isn’t something I’ve ever thirsted after, Little Osha,”
You were afraid. For me.”
“You don’t hate me as much as you pretend to,”
If Danya does rip my head off tomorrow, at least now I’ll die happy.”
“Such a pretty flower, blooming just for me,”
you couldn’t hate something without caring about it just a little, too.
“It’s a tattoo, Osha. It won’t kill you. Just forget it’s even there.”
‘Never forget. Monsters thrive best in the dark.
“Don’t call her Sunshine,”
“That makes you the most powerful Alchemist ever recorded,” Lorreth
To always be truthful. To always be bound by our word, no matter what it costs us.”
“I was wrong, y’know. You are a good thief.”
Tomorrow was uncertain. Hell, today was uncertain, but this tiny moment was real.
She is the dawn. She is the moon. She is the sky. She is oxygen in our lungs.
“I’ve been waiting to see if you’d try and yank it out of me.”
“Then swear, Little Osha, and I’ll trust you.”
“What’s the big deal? It’s just a chair.”
“My personal life isn’t up for public discussion.”
Even the strongest warrior’s heart can break.
“I was looking for a way to save you.”
“You really think I’m going to let you sleep out here again?”
“If it were up to me, we wouldn’t spend another night without each other again.”
“Let’s have tonight. You and me. Tomorrow night, we’ll bring Everlayne home.
I am selfish, Saeris. I wanted something quiet and small and special for the both of us. Something we could keep.
You’ve got me, Little Osha. And I’ve got you.
Osha. I release you from your oath. You know how to make the relics now.
A selfish part of me wants to beg you to make as many as you can so that my friends and their families can escape Yvelia before this realm falls. But I understand if you need to go. Find Hayden and Elroy. Help your friends. Then go exploring. There are countless realms out there, waiting to be found. Make one of them yours.
I’ve never been one to trust in the gods, but I choose to believe that all things come from the same place when life begins. I have hope that they return to the same place when it e...
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“In nature, there is a counterweight to everything, child. Light has darkness. Life has death. Joy has sorrow. And good has evil. That law applies, no matter which realm you exist in,”
“Are you sad you don’t get to call me Little Osha anymore?”
One foot in front of the other, Fisher rumbled, just for me. Let’s make it through today. And then tomorrow. And then the day after. That one will be particularly interesting.
“You had better pull through this, Oshellith,” I told her. “For better or for worse, I get the feeling that you’re about to turn everything upside down.”
